8 years ago today, 6ix9ine released, 'FEFE' Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz. As a key single ahead of his debut album, Dummy Boy. The beat, crafted by Murda Beatz and production duo Cubeatz, built around thick trap 808s and syncopated hi-hats, actually had a different intended destination first — Murda Beatz has said he originally sent the instrumental to Drake, hoping he'd hop on it, and only pivoted to 6ix9ine once Drake passed. Nicki Minaj's now-iconic verse came together in a hurry rather than through careful crafting: she wrote it in roughly fifteen minutes, knocking out the first half in just five, then recorded her vocals quickly in a hotel room to keep the collaboration moving. 6ix9ine himself later admitted in an interview with Angie Martinez that he barely put effort into his own vocal performance, joking that the song blew up despite how little work he'd actually done on it. The pairing of a rising rapper with a veteran hip-hop star like Minaj generated plenty of conversation ab...